Changing Place from Room to Room
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Question
I recited the first blessing on the coffee in the coffee corner, and I want to continue drinking the coffee in another room. Do I need to bless again because of the change of place?
Answer
There is no need to bless again.
Source
The source of the law regarding changing place is in the Talmud, Pesachim 101: "Rav Idi bar Avin sat before Rav Chisda, and Rav Chisda said in the name of Rav Huna: In that which you said that changing place requires a blessing, it applies only from house to house, but not from place to place. (Some versions read from corner to corner). It is explained that things that do not require a blessing after them in their place, changing place requires a blessing, even if he returns to eat in the same place where he ate. The early authorities disagreed on the law from room to room, whether it is like from house to house or like from corner to corner in the same room where no blessing is needed, and the decision of Biur Halacha in "Beit Echad" is that no blessing is needed post facto from room to room.
And if initially, his intention was to continue drinking in another room, it is explained in Mishnah Berurah that even initially, he can continue drinking in another room, and nowadays, when it is customary to continue eating in another room, it is considered as default intention, and no blessing is needed unless he explicitly intended to eat only in that room. (As written in Mishnah Berurah, Siman 178, S"K 38 regarding a tree)